Episode
2.21
Hallow
Hotel—Room Six
“Luke, I’m
fine I promise.” Maggie said as she slowly sat down on the bed and leaned back
to lie down.
“Are you
sure? Its not everyday that you get hit by a car.”
Luke sat at the foot of the bed, his eyes filled with love.
Maggie
sighed; she had to let him go she knew that it was only right. “Luke you should
know something, something I should’ve made clear before.”
“What’s
that baby doll?”
Maggie sat
up a bit and took his hand in his, “Part of the reason Kevin and I broke up,
why we’re getting the divorce is that I’m in love with another man, and its –I’m sorry but its not you Luke. There’s someone else
who I gave my heart to a very long time ago.”
Luke sighed
and pulled away from Maggie, “I need to go for a walk.”
“Luke, I’m
sorry. I never should’ve leaded you on.” Maggie said about to get off the bed when
Luke put his hand up in the air.
“I’ll be
back in a little bit, I need to take this all in.” he opened the door and
walked out of the motel room.
Hallow
Hills
Jeff walked
into the sunroom and saw Adel sitting in a chair looking over some papers, “Evening
Adel.”
She looked
up, “Jeff, so tell me what brings you back to Pinõn Hallow?”
Jeff sat
down across from her and smiled, “I missed it, plus home base is here. I prefer
to be here then LA.”
“Why didn’t
you know Doug was in
“Because there’s really not much for him to do since last summer. Everything should be able to be
handled by Kathryn.”
“Who’s
Kathryn? Doug’s never mentioned her.”
“She’s the
Executive manager of the
Adel
sighed, “Great, a younger me.” She stood up and looked out the window towards
the pool house. “I think Doug is cheating on me with someone in
Jeff got up
and stood behind her, “I know my brother, and he could never cheat on you Adel.
He adores you more then you know.”
She turned
to him and smiled, “Thank you Jeff. You’re a sweetheart when you’re not being a
cad.”
Jeff
nodded, “Thanks, that’s probably the nicest thing anyone’s said to me in a
while.”
Pinõn
Hallow Mall
Maggie walked
through the food court with a bag from express and a large frozen coffee, she
felt slightly better having picked up a few things, thankfully her car was only
dinged and it was quickly fixed. She saw Conner coming from Film Magic and she
quickly started to exit the food court.
Conner
stood at the edge of the food court, his eyes glued on the profile of the woman
walking quickly through, it had to be her, right. Maggie had to be here, she
was back, and they would finally have a chance to be together.
Conner took
off running towards her, “Maggie!” he called out, right before reaching her,
placing his hand on her shoulder.
She turned
to him, “I’m not Maggie.” The woman smiled, “but I could be, for a dreamboat
like you.”
Conner
backed away, “Sorry, I thought you were my sister.” He lied before leaving the
food court.
Moonlight
Bar
Gretchen
Wilson’s Redneck Woman was blasting over the sound system as Conner walked in
to the ever so familiar bar. He sat down and signaled the bartender for his
usual. A moment later a bottle of Budweiser sat in front of him and he began to
take, slow, long sips.
The man
next to him set his bottle down and looked around, “You look about as happy as
me. Let me guess a woman, right?”
Conner
turned to the other man, “Yeah, I’m Conner.”
“Luke,
trust me it can’t be as bad as coming to see you’re ex-girlfriend, getting back
together and then her telling you she’s in love with someone else.”
Conner
shook his head as he took a sip of his beer, “Try watching the love of your life
marry someone else, then get a divorce and then I
thought I saw her in the mall and it was someone else. Total
embarrassment.”
Luke took a
sip of his beer, “yeah well I ditched a great girl to come here and see Spunky,
what a fool I was.”
“And yet we
can’t live with out them.” Conner looked over at the dance floor, “To think
before things got complicated she and I came here a few nights a week. She said
it was the best way for me to free myself from the life of a single dad for a
few hours. The times to forget about budgets and employees
and a time to just have fun.”
Luke looked
over, “You really love this girl don’t you? Why not find her and get her back.”
“She needs
time to heal, it’s been a hard year for her. She has
other things to work out before we can even think about being together.”
Hallow
Hills—Pool House
Abby sat in
the front seat of her car and pulled her hair back, twisted it and clipped it
to her head. She opened the door and took out the shopping bags full of formula
and diapers. She walked into the pool house and saw
“You need
some help?” She asked as she put the bags down on the couch.
“Yes, I so
can not figure out what they want.” He said, the panic
flashing on his face.
Abby went
over to
Abby
smiled, “Mr. Davis, you were probably well freaked out.” She put
“Oh just
some more formula and diapers we were running low and you don’t get a delivery
for another few days.”
Hallow
Hotel—Room Six
Maggie was
packing up her clothes when Luke came in and sat on the bed, “Maggie, I’m going
back to
She looked
up, her eyes clouded with sadness, “Is this because of what I said earlier?”
“Partially,
but also I do have a life there, I have a job, an amazing job. I can’t just
give that up.” He stood up and cupped her face, “Besides, spunky you’re
starting a new chapter of your life, I’m just a
reprise of a former chapter. Here, but not really here. You’re one of my best
friends and I will never forget you.”
“Luke, I
never would’ve survived the past few weeks if it hadn’t been for you. Thank you
so much for being here.” She covered his hand with hers.
“I wouldn’t
have been any where else.” He kissed her forehead and began to pack his things.
Maggie
watched him for a moment and realized he was right, tomorrow she would move
into her new home and sooner or later she would look back on this past year of
her life and find it to be so distant and different from where she would find
herself in the future. Perhaps there would be someone who would truly win her
heart, and Conner could be a shadow in the past.